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swaplink

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Registered: 2017-12-28

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Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

I am installing Bumblebee, and I ran into this error when running:

$ optirun glxgears -info
[   44.406572] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

[   44.406598] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.
$ optirun glxgears64
[   67.904705] [ERROR]Cannot access secondary GPU - error: [XORG] (EE) Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

[   67.904727] [ERROR]Aborting because fallback start is disabled.

What is wrong? Is it better to use the nvidia package besides nouveau? Also, what other outputs should I include in the post for troubleshooting? I was following the instructions on the Arch Wiki: Bumblebee

Last edited by swaplink (2018-01-18 05:28:06)

seth

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Re: Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

Well, you'll have to pick one or the other.
In case you want nouveau, you need to install https://www.archlinux.org/packages/extr … o-nouveau/

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swaplink

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Re: Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

Well, I already installed the nouveau package of course, and "lsmod | grep nouveau" pops up with output. The problem is it is not loading as shown above. I am falling back to the modsetting driver for my integrated as suggested for newer Intel CPU's, and it seems to be detected by glxgears fine.

Last edited by swaplink (2018-01-18 05:33:13)

Scimmia

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Re: Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

The kernel modules and the xorg modules are totally different things.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

And nowadays nouveau supports PRIME so you don't really need bumblebee if you intend to use nouveau

seth

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Re: Failed to load module "nouveau" (module does not exist, 0)

The nouveau kernel module should not be permanently loaded when trying to invoke the GPU through optirun.
Please elaborate on your optimus setup, including your xorg configuration etcetc.

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